Git vs Mercurial commands

Git command

Hg command

Notes

git pull

hg fetch
hg pull -u

The fetch command is more similar but requires the  to be enabled.

git fetch

hg pull

git push

hg push -r .

By default, git only pushes the current branch.

git checkout <commit>

hg update -c <cset>

git checks and reloads (accidentally) removed files

git checkout [<rev>] -- <file(s)>

hg revert [-r <rev>] <file(s)>

git reset --hard

hg revert -a --no-backup

git reset --hard HEAD~1

hg strip -r .

git revert <commit>

hg backout <cset>

git add <new_file>

hg add <new_file>

Only equivalent when <new_file> is not tracked.

git add <file>
git reset HEAD <file>

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Not necessary in Mercurial (see shelve below for partial commit support).

git add -i
git add -p

hg record
hg commit -i

Requires the  to be enabled. 
Interactive mode has been added to Cmd in 3.4.

git commit --amend

hg commit --amend

git rebase --interactive

hg histedit <base cset>

Requires the HisteditExtension - Mercurial. 
In core since version 2.3

git stash

hg shelve

Requires the  or the .

git merge

hg merge

git merge is capable of octopus merges, while mercurial merge prefers multiple merges

git cherry-pick <commit>

hg transplant <cset>
hg graft <csets>

Transplant requires the .
Graft is available in 2.0 and higher.

git rebase <upstream>

hg rebase -d <cset>

Requires the .

git format-patch <commits> and git send-mail

hg email -r <csets>

Requires the .

git am <mbox>

hg mimport -m <mbox>

Requires the  and the . Imports patches to mq.

git describe

hg log -r . --template '{latesttag}-{latesttagdistance}-{node|short}\n'

git describe rev

hg log -r rev --template '{latesttag}-{latesttagdistance}-{node|short}\n'

git log origin..HEAD
git log origin/foobranch..HEAD

hg outgoing

git fetch && git log HEAD..origin

hg incoming

git fetch keeps the changesets while hg incoming (without --bundle foo) discards them. Use git pull (will fetch further changes) or git merge origin to update the working directory

git show rev

hg export rev
hg log -pvr rev

git rev-parse HEAD

hg identify

git ls-remote <url> HEAD

hg identify <url>

git show hash:file

hg cat -r rev file

git ls-files

hg manifest

git log

hg log

git log -n

hg log --limit n

git log --graph

hg glog
hg log --graph

Requires the GraphlogExtension - Mercurial.
Cmd supports --graph without the extension since version 2.3

git ??

hg summary

git status

hg outgoing
hg status

git remote add -f remotename url

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Edit .hg/hgrc and add the line 'remotename = url' under section '[paths]'; see below for getting changesets

git remote update remotename

hg pull remotename

When remotename is omitted in Git, all remotes are updated. In Mercurial, the default remote is refreshed.

git branch -a

hg branches

git config --global user.(name|email) ...

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Edit ~/.hgrc section "[ui]", key "username", value "First Last <  >"

git clean or
git status --porcelain|sed -r 's:\?\?\s(.*):\1:g'|xargs rm

hg purge or 
hg status -un|xargs rm

purge requires the  
In Windows you might need to add sed 's:\\:/:g' before piping xargs rm, otherwise the inverted slash in Windows paths will be interpreted as an escape